Start Marvin Harrison Jr. or Adonai Mitchell? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Marvin Harrison Jr. over Adonai Mitchell in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Marvin Harrison Jr. at 6.7 points and Adonai Mitchell at 6.0, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Adonai Mitchell this week yet, so his 6.0 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (6.5 and 5.4); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Marvin Harrison Jr. at ADP 65 and Adonai Mitchell at 195.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 6.7 fantasy points for Marvin Harrison Jr., with 100 percent of the markets a WR needs posted.

The market-based projection for Marvin Harrison Jr. is 28 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.2 touchdowns (8, 10 and 10 market sources).

No Week 9 player market is posted for Adonai Mitchell yet. His market-based projections were 6.5 and 5.4 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 6.0, which stands in until his Week 9 market posts.

The market-based projection for Adonai Mitchell is 0.3 touchdowns (3 market sources).

That puts Marvin Harrison Jr. 0.7 points ahead of Adonai Mitchell on these projections.

Week 9 matchups

Marvin Harrison Jr. and HOU visit LAC on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.

LAC allowed 30.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 16th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 133 yards and 0.9 touchdowns a game against LAC.

Adonai Mitchell and NYJ visit KC on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

KC allowed 24.9 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 7 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 121 yards and 0.3 touchdowns a game against KC.

By points allowed to the position, Marvin Harrison Jr. has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Marvin Harrison Jr. is not on the injury report.

Adonai Mitchell is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 7, Marvin Harrison Jr. played 21 percent of HOU snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 36 percent of the air yards and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 7 against NYG: 13 of 61 snaps, 4 targets and 1 catch for 6 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 8, Adonai Mitchell played 65 percent of NYJ snaps, drew 23 percent of the targets, earned 45 percent of the air yards and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 1 against TEN: 46 of 67 snaps, 3 targets and 3 catches for 60 yards.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 2 against GB: 61 of 74 snaps, 12 targets and 6 catches for 63 yards.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 7 against MIA: 26 of 59 snaps, 3 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Adonai Mitchell, Week 8 against LV: 39 of 64 snaps, 9 targets and 7 catches for 142 yards, 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Marvin Harrison Jr. played 12 games for ARI and scored 127.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR49.

He caught 41 of 73 targets for 608 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets and 489 air yards.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 17 of 2025 against CIN: 19 of 57 snaps, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards.

Marvin Harrison Jr., Week 16 of 2025 against ATL: 29 of 57 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 14 yards, 2.4 PPR points.

In 2025, Adonai Mitchell played 16 games for NYJ and scored 87.9 PPR points, 5.5 a game, finishing WR73.

He caught 33 of 74 targets for 453 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets and 373 air yards.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Marvin Harrison Jr. over Caleb Douglas.
• Start Marvin Harrison Jr. over Cooper Kupp.
• Start Darius Cooper over Marvin Harrison Jr..
• Start Cooper Kupp over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start DeMario Douglas over Adonai Mitchell.
• Start Adonai Mitchell over Efton Chism III.